Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1887-04-29
GOOD DEMOCRACY.

We WISH IL SuCCCoSs Nv" SA1S AVc PoC
Usher has been henored with lucra-
tive appointment by the state admin
istration, We hope that he has been
sufficiently encouraged to conduct a
straightout democratic paper. His
prohibition lectures and editorials well
nigh distracted the democracy of Doug
las county during the last campaign
and caused the election of at least two
republican OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
vile Times
Now Mr.. Nickel we thank you for
a good word for our paper and all
that, but the last part Of your editorial
paragraph IS misleading, and intact
not true. First, Douglas county is at
least IS republican to start with, and
we had a triangular campaign, and
the strong holds of democracy were vio-
lently attacked in the county, and
moreover the republicans had their
very best men on their tickets, men of
uhqucstioned ability and integrity, and
yet the distracted democracy" of
Douglas under the evil influence of
The REVIEW with It's temperance pro
cliyities managed to elect the Sheriff,
Clerk, Treasurer, County Judge, one
Commissioner, County Superintendent
of Public schools, one Representative
and within five votes Of electing two
other Representatives, and the Coroner
and gave 58S majority for the demo
cratic District Attorney, and good
majority for Gov. Pennoyer, and r.
S. Strahan for Supreme Judge, and
last but not least we made valiant
fight for you Bro Nickel, after we had
buried our hatchets, and your vote in
Douglas was 1000 while Bakers was
1907. We came in eight votes of Civ
ing you majority. Now this is the
second time you have referred to this
distracted democracy" business and
we want it to be the last. This is
pretty good showing as result of
''prohibition lectures and editorials"
You say conduct a straightout dem
ooratic paper" certainly, that is just
what we are doing. If man happens
toprint clean democratic sheet, with
out any smell of whiskey about it, you
seem to think that it is not 'Simon
pure" Has not the editor Of demo
cratic paper the right to make tenn
perance speech? The REVIEW never
for one moment favored the third party
movement, nor does it now, but we
are in favor of temperance all the
same, and do not intend for Bro. Nick
ell or any other man to become the die
tator of our '1ectures and editorials"
AS to prohibition being the correct the
ory of suppressing the whiskey traffic,
We do not know, but it is question
before the country, and everyone has
right to his opinion, for this is pure
democracy. If I desire to vote for
prohibition | can do so, if you want to
vote against it you can do SO, and yet
10th remain good democrats or repub-
licans as the case may be. Now Sc
riously Bro. Nickel, we in this section
are compelled to question your democ-
racy and for reason we think, you will
hardly be able to explain. Let all read
the following that appeared in the
Times last week and see the animus
that prompted the editorial.
'It is stated that Gov. Pennoyer
has the senatorial bee buzzing in his
bonnet. No doubt he would make an
able and honest q. S. Senator; but,
at the rate he is alternating his most
steadfast friends, he will be further
from his goal two years from nov than
before he was elected our chief execu
tive officer. He has made some mis-
takes already, and must use better
judgment if he wishes to succeed in his
laudable ambition"
All know the reason Of this aliena-
tion, and where it occurred, in Charley
Nickel's brain, and nowhere else Ii
you did not conduce to the democratic
faction in Jackson county, which if not
stopped soon will wreck the party, you
would lie entitled to more consideration
as democrat. We are glad to say
that we have united democracy in
old Douglas, and deprecate anything
tending to factionism. A true democrat
could not have written the above
about Gov. Pennoyer. The governor
is not immaculate of course, but we
will venture that lie has made fewer
mistakes than Bro Nickel would have
done, had he been elected State Printer.
Stand by your colors Bro. even if you
don't get all the earth. Do not fly IN
to passion at the first failure
The Jacksonville Times kicks lie
cause the clerk of the railroad com
mission was not appointed from among
the Jackson county aspirants. 1t
thinks that county which rolls up
such handsome democratic majority
is entitled to recognition. But, Bro.
Nickel there is no particular merit in
democratic county going democratic.
When a republican county, like Ben
ton tor instance, gives a democratic
majority, there is the meritorious thing,
dear brother. Still, let's not be kick
ing.-Renton Leader.